Russia

former empire (1547-1917) in E Europe & N Asia, ruled by the czars: cap. St. Petersburg

in full Russian Empire

loosely the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, esp. the European part

country in E Europe and N Asia, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific & from the Arctic Ocean to the Chinese border: formerly the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, established as a country in 1991 upon the breakup of the U.S.S.R.: 6,592,772 sq mi (17,075,200 sq km); cap. Moscow

Russia

A former empire of eastern Europe and northern Asia. From a collection of mostly Slavic principalities dominated by the Tatars, Russia emerged as a unified state centered around Moscow between the 14th and 16th centuries. The empire spread quickly to the east and south, becoming a world power by the 18th century. In the 19th century, Russia experienced a flowering of the arts and literature and some liberal social reforms, but popular discontent with the conservative Tsarist government led to revolutions in 1905 and 1917, the collapse of the empire, and the formation of the USSR in 1922.

Officially Russian Federation A country of eastern Europe and northern Asia stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Formerly the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the largest of the constituent republics of the USSR, it became an independent state in 1991 with Boris Yeltsin as the country's first directly elected president. In that same year, with Belarus and Ukraine, Russia formed the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was eventually joined by 12 of the 15 former Soviet republics. In March 1992 Russia signed a treaty with most of the semiautonomous ethnic territories within its borders, establishing the Russian Federation. Moscow is the capital.x

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Decembrist
one of those who conspired to overthrow Russian Czar Nicholas I in December, 1825. Also Dekebrist.Kremlinology
study of the policies, doctrines, programs, etc., of the government of the Soviet Union. —Kremlinologist, n.Russianism
something characteristic of or influenced by Russia, its people, customs, language, etc.
Russomania
an obsession with Russia and things Russian.
Russophilism
great fondness for or interest in Russia, its people, customs, language, art, etc. — Russophile, n., adj.Russophobism
Russophobia.
Slavicist
one who specializes in the study of Slavic languages, literatures, or other aspects of Slavic culture. Also Slavist.
Slavophilism
enthusiasm for or admiration of things Slavic, as Slavic literature, language, culture, customs, etc. —Slavophil, Slavophile, n., adj.Slavophobia
fear or hatred of things Slavic, especially of real or imagined Soviet political influence. —Slavophobe, n.—Slavophobic, adj.sovietism, sovietism1. the soviet system of government and the principles and practices of such a government.
2. a policy, action, etc., typical of the Soviet Union. —Sovietist, sovietist, n., adj.Sovietology
study of the Soviet Union, especially its government, policies, etc. —Sovietologist, n.

Sentence Examples

In Russia, Joseph Stalin had thousands of writers, intellectuals, and scientists arrested and put into concentration camps.

She published on her return an account of her experiences, under the title of Through Bolshevik Russia (1920).

Smallpox affected the rich and the poor and it changed the course of history: It killed Queen Mary II of England in 1694, King Louis I of Spain in 1724, Emperor Peter II of Russia in 1730, and King Louis XV of France in 1774, and changed the succession to the thrones of nations a dozen more times.

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In 1920 she went to Russia as a member of one of the various Labour delegations invited to inspect Soviet conditions of government.